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In Memoriam
Harry W. Speidel

Harry W. "Bud" Speidel, 98, passed away on August 3, 2018. Mr. Speidel
graduated from Muhlenberg Township High School, earned his bachelor's
degree from Dickinson College in 1942 and his Juris Doctorate from The
Dickinson School of Law in 1947. In 1948, Bud was admitted to the Bar of the
Courts of Common Pleas of Berks County. He served as a navigator/co-pilot
with the 1st troop carrier squadron of the 10th Division of the U.S. Army Air
Force in the China, Burma, India Theater in World War II. Following the war, he
remained active in the Air Force Reserve, completing the Air Force Command
and Staff School and the Air Force War College courses. Following the Korean
Conflict, Bud was assigned to the Office of Special Investigations, HG, USAF. In
1969, he was promoted to Colonel, and when he retired from the Air Force in
1974, he was the Mobilization Commander of OSI District headquartered at
McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey and became a lifetime member of the CBI
Hump Pilots Association. Bud's legal career began as an associate with the firm
of Zieber & Snyder in Reading, and in 1954 he became a partner in the firm now
known as Mogel, Speidel, Bobb & Kershner. Bud practiced law in Berks County
for 59 years, retiring in 2007. During his legal career, he also served as Assistant
City Solicitor for the City of Reading, on the board of directors of numerous
corporations including, Admixtures, Inc., Eastern Radio Corp. (WHUM), Orr &
Sembower, Inc., Reading Merchants Oil Co. and on the Board of Censors of the
Berks County Bar Association. He was a Sunday School teacher, deacon and
elder of Christ UCC in Temple, PA. Bud enjoyed spending time with family and
friends, reading, fishing, sailing his boat on the Chesapeake Bay and traveling
to many different countries and Hump Pilot gatherings. He is survived by his
daughters, Deborah and Constance, his son, Harry, and his stepson, Craig.

Michael John Restrepo
Michael John Restrepo, 58, passed away on October 15, 2018. Mr. Restrepo
graduated from Wyomissing Area High School in 1977, Tufts University in 1981
and Georgetown Law School in 1986. Mickey practiced law for decades and
more recently with his own firm, Restrepo Law. He was also a candidate for
Berks County Common Pleas Judge in 1997; while unsuccessful, he impressed
many with his commitment to truth, justice and family. In addition to practicing
law, Mr. Restrepo also served as an adjunct professor at Albright College, served
on many local boards and foundations, and wrote a novel, Consensual Crime.
The Berks Barrister featured Mickey and his book in its Fall 2013 issue. His other
interests included a love of swimming, surfing, wind surfing, snowboarding,
basketball and golf. When not playing a sport, he enjoyed cheering on his
daughters in tennis and volleyball and Philly sports teams with passion and
pride. Most of all, his family and his love of family were his greatest legacy.
Mickey is survived by his wife, Sharon, his daughters, Corinne, Hilary and
Shannon, and his granddaughter, Julia. In The Barrister article, he explained
how someone with the first name Michael came to have the nickname Mickey.
"With my older siblings, it was Bobby, Ronny, Billy, Kathy and Jimmy. My
mother is German-Irish, and Mikey was not going to cut it. An Irish background
demanded that it be Mickey." As Sharon would point out, "As in Mickey Mantle,
not Mickey Mouse."
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